[CW] 35 years ago in history today = PRINSENDAM SOS

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Namaste, dear Sudipta, I have a steel levered key now and a hacksaw blade
key now.

I wish I had used the hacksaw blade then, it sounds good.

73

DR

On Oct 4, 2015 5:51 AM, "Sudipta Ghose" <oneghose at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great part of history.
> Keep your brass in shipshape. Pound them regularly.
> 73 de VU3TKG
>
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 2:08 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
> > Thinking of 35 years ago today, I was leaving Valdez, Alaska, headed
"PRO
> > CAPE HORN" - for a long trip in VLCC "WILLIAMSBURGH/WGOA" when the
ship's
> > Auto Alarm rang. Seems this ship was on fire with 535 passengers and
crew
> > and wanted someone to help them. James N. Pfister, NS1L was Chief R/O -
U.S.
> > Merchant Marine Radio Electronics Officer, I was an Observing Radio
Officer
> > - I was fully qualified but needed six months on a cargo ship to sail
alone.
> > What a day - I sent out three DDD SOS DDD calls when MS Prinsendam
(1973)
> > Chief R/O Jack van der Zee asked me to take over communications for him
as
> > he had lost all mains power and was on battery power. With the help of
US
> > and Foreign Merchant Marines, Canadian Armed Forces, US Air Force, RCA,
> > ITT/Mackay, Alascom and US Coast Guard, International Co-Operation
produced
> > a miracle on the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi who loved nature:
> > "Brother Son, Sister Moon".
> >
> > Audio Recording of XXX and SOS, also my radio log in pdf format, some
> > pictures: https://archive.org/details/SosMsPrinsendamOctober41980
> > Videos:
https://archive.org/details/MsPrinsendamSosDistressOct.41980_292
> >
> > 73 BV all,
> >
> > de N1EA +
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